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Weird, usually peak estrous is around the 22nd. Hopefully it’ll kick in quick. I’m sure there’s a hot cow somewhere. Sounds like that bull is probably going to be okay. It ain’t easy.

Next hunt, the last of early archery season, was two days of elk hunting in steep nasty country to try and help my buddy Mitchell fill his tag. We headed to the unit with the highest elk population and the highest hunter population because his friend and been on a bunch of bugling bulls in...

Bulls were firing off like crazy in New Mexico September 1-6. Had some very responsive bulls in Oregon this weekend and called a couple in. Part of it just depends on random cows coming in heat just like whitetail. Good luck!

Afternoon 2: I glassed a bit in the main basin and. Didn’t see anything so headed back to the small basin to see if anything would walk out. Didn’t see anything but had a hunter start bugling his head off in the basin. It’s amazing how much effort someone can put into hiking into an area but...

Thanks, definitely a very different feeling.

Western tag allocations take into account that sometimes animals aren’t recovered. It is entirely your decision based on what you saw with the shot and what you found on the ground. None of us could know if you even hit it. Keep at it [emoji1377]

Good luck! Sometimes shots miss. Bubble may not have been level, twig in the way etc. or you may have smoked him. I hope you did and I hope he turns up quick!

How much penetration did you get and what type of broad head were you using? Also, do you have a picture of where the arrow went in? Just curious, haven’t seen that shot placement before.

I’m not sure, somewhere from 35-50 pounds [emoji23] definitely grabbed them and was quite surprised by how hard it was to toss around. Not quite like a deer skull

Pics of how I found him and rubs I found while packing him out. Thanks giles!

Fill up the rest of my freezer and stop missing deer. Blood trails shorter than 100 yards [emoji1694]

If I have time to sit down at home sometime I’ll try [emoji23]

Day 2 mid-day: I packed water, food, rope, game bags and knives in case I shot a deer while retrieving the bull. I had about a mile and a few thousand feet of elevation to drop to the head. About 200 yards into the hike I jumped a tiny forkhorn at 10 yards and quickly nocked an arrow. He ran...

Be sure to take a few shots if you have a target with you. Make sure nothing has shaken loose for when an elk does give you a shot!

Afternoon 1: I hiked lower down on my ridge to a point where I could see into all of the little folds of the basin. I saw no deer. Morning 2: I went down halfway to the point where I could see into the folds. I located a few does in different locations and tried to constantly follow all of...

Left after work Wednesday and drove the 6.5 hours out to the wilderness area with the bull. I packed in on the trailhead just past midnight and hiked a few miles to set up camp. In the open areas I hiked by moonlight, in the dark timber I went by flashlight. Too many bears and mountain lions in...

Exactly [emoji23]

I’m curious about score but not enough so to actually score it [emoji23]. Told myself a long time ago I would only score things I found, not what I killed. He might push 350, he might not, but I just don’t want to be disappointed by a number

Packed in and retrieved the bull and did some deer hunting. I’m still mind blown by the size of this animal. I didn’t really look at the antlers before the shot because I was so focused on killing him. The story is on Day 1 of my season thread.

Sorry about all the delay, been running around so much I’ve barely slept [emoji23] I’ll type up the last few days later on, gotta hang out with my dad and get shit together.